{"id":337,"date":"2008-05-01T09:08:23","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T14:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=337"},"modified":"2008-05-01T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T14:08:23","slug":"imutate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Imutate"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v.<\/em> To adopt other people’s words, phrases and linguistic stylings, and then try to make them your own by subtlety altering the syntax. n.<\/em> A borrowed and butchered phrase<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Imutate<\/strong>: \/im-myoo-tety<\/em>\/ Politicians often imutate their opponents in a debate to try to get the upper hand and throw off their rival’s sleaze patterns. Etymology:<\/em> imitate (mimic,impersonate) + mutate (to change, alter as in phonetics to change by umlaut) Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Imutate:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 09:22:00<\/em>
excellent blend<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 18:39:00<\/em>
Excellent variation and application of I-mutate with it phonetic, genetic and religion meaning. Ready for immediate inclusion in the dictionary. You have my vote. <\/p>\n

Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-26: 13:37:00<\/em>
Excellent!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Vernaculagiarize<\/strong>: \/v\u00c9\u2122r-n\u00c4\u0081k’y\u00c9\u2122-l\u00c4\u0081’j\u00c9\u2122-r\u00c4\u00abz’<\/em>\/ Madge could have predicted that when Melvin got off the phone with his Texas Oilman client his speech would be different. “Whatch’yall a fixin’?” he vernaculagiarized. “Dahling, please. Knock it off,” Madge pleaded, as the gefilte fish simmered. “Whah, ah don’t know what’cher tahkin’ abayat,” he responded. For a Jew from Passaic, New Jersey, he sounded decidedly cowboy, all of a sudden. Etymology:<\/em> ‘Vern,’ off-camera foil of the late spokesperson Jim Varney’s character, Ernest P. Worrell; ‘acula,’ from Dr. Acula, grindcore band from Long Island, NY; ‘Gia,’ after Gia Carangi, top fashion model, late 1970’s; ‘rize,’ var. of rise, to ascend.
\nAlternately, to plagiarize one’s vernacular. Created by:<\/em> stache.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Vernaculagiarize:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 02:43:00<\/em>
Poor Earnest. The world still mourns his loss, I’m sure… don’t they? <\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 07:25:00<\/em>
I sprained my tongue just saying vernaculargiarize. It was still fun. Good word.<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 18:31:00<\/em>
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who spoke with a stuttering surfeit of ums and ahs, would have a lot of trouble pronouncing this one. Your comment about the “one-legged well digger” brings to mind another of his favorite quips : “Ah, ah, the problem with you, you, you, is that you got one foot on sticky, sticky paper and ya other on the f-ffence.” Luv your word, blends nicely.<\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 22:24:00<\/em>
Who Knew?? Talk amongst yourselves, I’ll give you a topic. No Big Whoop! “If Russia invaded Turkey from the rear, would Greece help???” Discuss. (From Linda Richman, SNL, “Coffee Talks” skits with Mike Meyer.<\/p>\n

petaj<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-26: 03:17:00<\/em>
I like verbacusmalliarize. Err was that a vernaculargiarizism?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Snatchphrase<\/strong>: \/-snach-freyz-<\/em>\/ The press was up in arms over the latest speech from Sillory Flintskin, for using a catchphrase of her rival, Flack Odrama, and turning it into a snatchphrase by stealing it and slightly rearranging the words. She had changed it from “Change we can believe in” to “We can believe in change.” Etymology:<\/em> Play on the word ‘Catchphrase’; Snatch – to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp (from Middle Dutch, snacken “to snatch, chatter”) + Phrase – a brief utterance or remark (from Greek, phrazein “to express, tell”) Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Snatchphrase:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 14:02:00<\/em>
is Flack Mel’s brother?<\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 22:14:00<\/em>
Cheers, Tigger…this is just the primaries, can we face the rest of it??<\/p>\n

TJayzz<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-28: 04:31:00<\/em>
Clever!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Malaproprietaryism<\/strong>: \/mala-pro-pry-i-tary-ism<\/em>\/ He was nicknamed the “Butcher of Cavil” because of his inappropriate malaproprietaryisms. Etymology:<\/em> malapropism (use of a word in mistake dor for one sounding similar) + proprietary (held in private ownership) Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Malaproprietaryism:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 07:35:00<\/em>
Shazam! That’s a mouthful. lol<\/p>\n

stache<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 08:12:00<\/em>
It appears you saw right through the butcher’s rouge.<\/p>\n

stache<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 08:12:00<\/em>
Sorry, ‘dotes.<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-04-25: 18:43:00<\/em>
OZZIEBOB – 2008-04-25: 18:41:00
\nVery formal political term. Love ” The Butcher of Cavil.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=syntax<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n

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Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong> – 2008-04-25: 18:41:00<\/em><\/p>\n

Very formal political term. Love ” The Butcher of Cavil.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION: v. To adopt other people’s words, phrases and linguistic stylings, and then try to make them your own by subtlety altering the syntax. n. A borrowed and butchered phrase VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Imutate: \/im-myoo-tety\/ Politicians often imutate their opponents in a debate to try to get the upper hand … Continue reading Imutate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,43,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}